-Sieyes’ state, with weird constitution
-Consul of Interior absorbs power gradually
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-head of state - Grand Elector
-literally just appoints the Consuls
-serves for 16 year terms, recalled by College of Conservators
-executive power vested in complex apparatus led by Consuls
-Consul of the Interior is the effective head of government
-Consul of the Exterior is the effective foreign minister
-Each Consul appoints and dismisses their own Chamber of Political Justice, which:
-lays fixed penalties against ministers, state councillors, and high judges
-prevents negligence, corrects mistakes, and ensures rapid and regular administration
-Under the Consul of the Interior are the:
-Domestic Superintendency, with the Ministers for General Sub-Delegation, for General Instruction, for Public Property, and for National Insurance
-National Magistrature, with the Ministers for Civil and Rural Police, Tutelary Police, Judicial Prosecution, and Law Enforcement
-Superintendency of Finance, with the Ministers for Assessment and Collection of Taxes, and the Treasury
-Under the Consul of the Exterior is the:
-Superintendency of Foreign Affairs, with the Ministers for Foreign Affairs, the Army, the Navy, and the Colonies
-Each minister has their own agents and functionaries
-They have a Chamber of Ministerial Justice which operate under the same principles as the Chamber of Political Justice
-The legislature consists of a Council of State, the Tribunate, and the Legislative Body
-The Legislative Body is:
-elected in four-year terms staggered by each year
-ratifies laws proposed by either the Tribunate and Council of State silently
-each of which sends 3 members to discuss members in front of them
-400 members
-The Council of State is:
-appointed by the Consul of the Interior from the National Notables
-executes, drafts, and proposes laws
-makes regulations binding on functionaries
-appoints the Court of Administration
-50 members
-The Tribunate is:
-selected from the remainder of the National Notables
-represents the opposition, the "people" against the "government"
-drafts and proposes laws
-opposes and debates the Council of State
-refers laws for constitutional review (with 1-year limit)
-50 members
-The conserving power consists of the College of Conservators, which:
-has 8-year terms
-operates the Republican Guard
-appoints the Grand Elector, and removes if necessary
-annuls unconstitutional laws
-puts up proposed constitutional ameliorations in plebiscites
-appoints member proposed by legislature
-100 members
-The notables are elected by the people, prop. by department/communes
-100 national notables, majority section selects consuls, half in Council of State, other half in Tribunate
-10*(#dept) departmental notables, from whom prefect and select servants selected
-10*(#commune) communal notables, from whom mayor and select servants selected
